Thanks, I was looking at PCLinuxOS, and others, but downloaded the latest Opensuse and it installed fine. I'll have to play around with it and see how I like it and also figure out the wireless. I think I might have had a bad burn or something because I was having trouble with other distros installing that I used the same burner program to burn the iso. Switched to a different burner program to burn Opensuse 11.3 and it worked. Thanks again for the info. Dave
--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcan...@...> wrote: > > My experience with Mandriva is that it works well with some hardware, but is > finicky with others. Each distribution is different and no one distribution > is the best. You have to find which one works best with your hardware. I > have learned this through countless installations on many computers over the > past ten years. Mandrake (now Mandriva) was my first distribution. > > A Mandriva variant that you might want to look into is PCLinuxOS. Unless you > need 64-bit (it comes in obly 32-bit) it is an easy to use distribution that > works better than most. > > Roy > > On 15 July 2010 15:08, dawort2001 <dawort2...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > I am a newbie and have been trying to install different distros over the > > last year or so to find one I like. Have Mandriva 2008 on another computer > > and have had a lot of luck setting things up so I figured I would try to > > install Mandriva Spring 2010 i586 dvd on my main dual boot system. I > > downloaded the DVD iso, checked the MD5, and burned to a disc. Installation > > got up to the bootloader and got this error. > > mkinitrd failed Cmkinitrd -v-f /boot/ initrd -2.6.33.5 > > desktop -2mnb.img 2.6.33.5 -desktop-2mnb > > Went and tried to do the install again but kept coming up with the same > > error. Any suggestion?? Have been thinking about downloading the cd version > > and trying that but haven't yet.I backed out of the install and loaded up > > Ubuntu, with no problems, but don't really care for it too much, will have > > to play around with it and see if my opinion changes > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
